Business Owners in China Finding that Christians Make Better Workers—Government Takes Note

Aimee Herd : Sep 3, 2010
Christopher Landau – BBC News

"I'm not saying those people who aren't Christians are all bad, but from the percentage of the workers who are Christians, they seem to be more responsible."

(Wenzhou, China)—BBC News reports on the remarkable emergence of productive Chinese companies who are praising the good work done by their Christian employees.

One of the business owners in Wenshou, China, who has come to realize the advantage to having Christian workers on staff, says he would like to see all his employees come to Christ. (Photo: BBC News)

Reporting for BBC News, Christopher Landau spoke with Weng-Jen Wau the general manager of Boteli Valve Group in Wenzhou, where every month, $5m worth of industrial valves are manufactured.

Wau noted that those employees who are or who convert to Christianity, have work habits that are "transformed."

"If you're a Christian you're more honest, with a better heart," Wau told Landau. "The people who aren't Christians aren't responsible. I think it's very different. I'm not saying those people who aren't Christians are all bad, but from the percentage of the workers who are Christians, they seem to be more responsible."

He added, "Also when they do things wrong, they feel guilty—that's the difference."

Surprisingly (or not), the difference in productivity is now reportedly being studied by the Chinese government. It does bring to mind a truth from the Book of Proverbs 16:7, which says, "When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him."